A completely absorbing novel.
X follows the boy who would become Malcolm X from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today..
But Malcolm\'s efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory.
There\'s no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Malcolm Little\'s parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that\'s a pack of lies.
Readers for whom pre-civil rights America is ancient history will find this poetic interpretation eye-opening and riveting. . . .
A completely absorbing novel
